Best Teaching Assistant Award in Chemical and Biological Engineering 2023
Kalindu Shyamawarna FERNANDO has won the 2023 CBE Best Teaching Assistant Award for his exceptional dedication to enhancing the learning experience of students in a newly revamped experiential course.
His innovative approach to imparting knowledge and providing relentless support to those around him has created a useful platform for the course that encourages students and the teaching team to share ideas and comments.
Congratulations to Kalindu on his well-deserved award!
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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (https://hkust.edu.hk/) is a world-class research intensive university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. Over 80% of our research work were rated “Internationally excellent” or “world leading” in the Research Assessment Exercise 2020 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee. We were ranked 3rd in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2022, and our graduates were ranked 23rd worldwide and among the best from universities from Asia in Global Employability University Ranking and Survey 2021.